| FANS | Handheld concertinas for manually creating currents of air; or, the outspread train-feathers of peacocks and other birds (4) |
| DOVETAIL | A type of tenon or joint that is characteristically fan- or wedge-shaped, like the spread train feathers of a culver or columba (8) |
| DRAUGHTS | Board game whose pieces are called kings when crowned; currents of air; or. catches of fish (8) |
| POINTER | Stick for manually indicating on a blackboard, map, chart etc; breed of gun dog; or, a helpful hint (7) |
| WAGTAIL | A grey, pied or yellow songbird, named for the constant bobbing of its rectrices or train feathers (7) |
| EVIDENT | Clear the dive had been spoiled by the outspread net (7) |
| BITE | A short piece of information; a nip or sting; a morsel or quick snack; a feeling of cold in the air; or, the corrosive action of acid in etching (4) |
| OUTSTRETCHED | The hand of the catcher in mid-air - or the prisoner in jail longer than another? (12) |
| DRIFT | An instance of being carried along or driven as by a current of air or water or circumstance / general meaning of what is said |
| BLOWER | Informal word for a speaking tube or a telephone; a fan, leaf-blaster, supercharger or other device that produces a current of air; or, a whale (6) |
| GUST | An old word for the faculty of taste; flavour, gratification or relish; an abrupt gale or blast of air; or, any sudden rush/outburst, as in emotion fire, passion, rain, smoke or sound (4) |
| WINDS | Currents of air with speeds measured on the Beaufort scale (5) |
| BLOWBYBLOW | Very detailed sort of account about parallel currents of air (4-2-4) |
| PNEUMOTHORAX | A collection of air or gas in the pleural cavity of the chest between the lung and the chest wall |
| DRIFTS | Moves slowly, carried by a current of air or water (6) |
| PEACOCKORE | Nickname for the mineral bornite because of its range of iridescent colours resembling the plumage and tail feathers of India's national bird (7,3) |
| DUCK | Eiderdown, the down feathers of the common eider -- which is a type of this bird -- are used in some quilts and pillows. In Pericles (act 3, prologue) is the following reference: "...the grisly north |
| TRAIN | Flowing eye-spotted feathers of a peacock; or, a cascade of satin or silk at the back of a bridal gown (5) |
| TRADEWINDS | Missile, turning east, goes around steady currents of air (5,5) |
| SICKLE | A reaping-hook; a long curved tail feather of a cockerel, reminiscent of said tool; or, with the galleon and the knut, a unit of wizarding currency in the Harry Potter universe (6) |
